Monthly Archives: April 2013

“Sometimes the cards ain’t worth a dime if you don’t lay them down”

-Robert Hunter OK, So I’m an old Deadhead.  I was at the Capitol Theater in Port Chester, NY last night seeing what’s now left of the band, an incarnation called Furthur.  They opened the show with the Grateful Dead anthem Truckin’ and

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From Purpose to Product

We get more done when our alignment extends from purpose all the way through action. We get clearly in touch with our sense of our purpose. We develop a vision in line with our purpose. We set goals that will

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Be your own disruptive technology

“Remember that you may have to disturb yourself in order to become aware of yourself, in order to establish a reference point for your progress…” John Roger The term disruptive technology comes from Clay Christensen’s book “The Innovator’s Dilemma”.  My

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Practice is learning

THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE PERSONAL HISTORY EVERY GOOD BOY DOES FINE A life in piano lessons. BY JEREMY DENK This wonderful article brought out a few important points to me. For those of us who are teachers, coaches, mentors etc.; the

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De-clutter your wallet

This post will not ask you to de-clutter your wallet by taking the money out and sending it to me (although that would work). It’s about those little loyalty cards.  Whether credit card or key chain sized they all have

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The Productivity Paradox

Practice does not make perfect.  Perfect isn’t even a goal.  Practice makes ease.  This is true in yoga practice, where we are getting more supple, flexible and aligned in intention and action. This is true in work were we are

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Come From the Heart

“in life as in love…there’s such a thing as trying too hard”

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“For the things…

“For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.” ― Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics

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I have a lot of Practice

I am about to sit down to practice the guitar.  I take lessons once a week and I practice daily.  I run scales, play songs from sheet music and I improvise solos over backing tracks that my teacher provided on CD or

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Mind Maps for Meeting Notes

Mind Maps are a non-linear method of capturing thoughts.  They work like our minds work, in a web of interconnected thoughts, ideas, concepts.  Here’s a Wiki on them if the process is new to you.  They are great way to

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